Elizabeth Losh ist Spezialistin für Ökologien neuer Medien und untersucht, wie digitale Technologien das universitäre Umfeld und den politischen Diskurs prägen. Ihre Arbeit beschäftigt sich intensiv mit den Schnittstellen von Kommunikation, Kultur und Machtstrukturen im digitalen Zeitalter. Losh analysiert, wie Bedeutung durch Online-Plattformen konstruiert und verbreitet wird, und untersucht die tiefgreifenden Auswirkungen, die diese Prozesse auf unser Weltverständnis haben.
Exploring the dynamics of government media production, this book examines the range of sources from official websites to whistleblower communications. It delves into how these forms of media can shape public perception and policy, often leading to unintended consequences. The analysis highlights the complexities of information dissemination and the impact of digital communication in governance, making it a critical read for those interested in media studies, political communication, and the role of technology in public discourse.
"Behind the lectern stands the professor, deploying course management systems, online quizzes, wireless clickers, PowerPoint slides, podcasts, and plagiarism-detection software. In the seats are the students, armed with smartphones, laptops, tablets, music players, and social networking. Although these two forces seem poised to do battle with each other, they are really both taking part in a war on learning itself. In this book, Elizabeth Losh examines current efforts to 'reform' higher education by applying technological solutions to problems in teaching and learning. She finds that many of these initiatives fail because they treat education as a product rather than a process. Highly touted schemes--video games for the classroom, for example, or the distribution of iPads--let students down because they promote consumption rather than intellectual development. Losh analyzes recent trends in postsecondary education and the rhetoric around them, often drawing on first-person accounts. In an effort to identify educational technologies that might actually work, she looks at strategies including MOOCs (massive open online courses), the gamification of subject matter, remix pedagogy, video lectures (from Randy Pausch to 'the Baked Professor'), and educational virtual worlds. Finally, Losh outlines six basic principles of digital learning and describes several successful university-based initiatives. Her book will be essential reading for campus decision makers--and for anyone who cares about education and technology"--Jacket
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Hashtags silence as well as shout. They originate in the quiet of the archive and the breathless suspense of the control room, as well as in the roar of rallies in the streets. The #hashtag is a composite creation, with two separate design histories: one involving the crosshatch symbol and one about the choice of letters after it.Celebration and criticism of hashtag activism rarely addresses the hashtag itself as an object or tries to locate its place in the history of writing for machines. Although hashtags tend to be associated with Silicon Valley invention myths or celebrity power users, the story of the hashtag is much more interesting and surprising, speaking to how we think about naming, identity, and ownership.Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
"Selfie Democracy exposes the unintended consequences of wireless technologies on political leadership and shows how seemingly benign mobile devices that hold out the promise of direct democracy ultimately undermine representative forms of government and deepen partisan divides. As the smart phone and mobile applications are reshaping civic participation, attitudes about freedom, civic rights, and national security are also changing. Losh shows how the crisis management styles of US leaders over the past decade are closely related to their technological choices and digital literacies"-- Provided by publisher
